Dan Bongino called for immediate legislative action to strengthen sentencing guidelines for terrorism-related offenses following a deadly attack connected to a convicted ISIS terrorist.

Bongino made the remarks while discussing the broader challenges facing law enforcement agencies attempting to track individuals who entered the United States illegally in recent years.

He argued that the scale of illegal immigration and the number of unknown entrants makes it difficult for authorities to monitor every potential threat after individuals are already inside the country.

"We have to do a couple of things right away, because it is impossible to chase probably 15 million people who are letting the country under Biden and maybe another 5 million we don't even know about another attack yesterday," Bongino said.

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He referenced a recent incident at Old Dominion University that he described as tragic, involving the death of a ROTC instructor.

"Old Dominion University, tragic. This hero, ROTC instructor, killed by a convicted ISIS terrorist," Bongino said.

Bongino described the victim as a military leader who had served overseas.

"I did as a chair of military science department who served in the Middle East. Hero, absolute hero," he said.

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According to Bongino, the incident demonstrates the difficulty of responding to threats after individuals involved in terrorism have already entered the country.

"It is impossible, with every state, local, tribal, territorial and federal agency on planet Earth to chase down all these people afterwards, because some of them are just hiding," Bongino said.

He argued that policymakers should address the issue through changes to federal sentencing rules for terrorism-related crimes.

"You've got to do a couple of things right now. There has got to be a legislative fix to these sentencing guidelines that if you were convicted, with regards to the Old Dominion, shooting of material support to terrorism, or, frankly, any terrorism charge federally, WMD, attack on US citizens overseas conspiracy, and it's related to a terrorism enhancement life in prison, no matter what," Bongino said.

Bongino said he believes individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses should receive life sentences without the possibility of rehabilitation.

"Forget the rehabilitation model. There is no rehabilitating these people," he said.

He also referenced a prior investigation involving the FBI and said the case illustrated the risks of reduced sentences for individuals convicted of terrorism-related crimes.

"This guy was chased down by the older FBI. I wasn't there. I had nothing to do with it, that case, so I'm not trying to take credit for their work," Bongino said.

Bongino said the suspect in that case had been apprehended and imprisoned but later received a reduced sentence.

"They chase him down, put him in jail. And what happens? A judge cuts his sentence practically in half, lets him out. He does it again," Bongino said.

He argued that preventing repeat offenses requires stricter penalties.

"There's no rehabilitation model," Bongino said.

Bongino also said the broader solution involves preventing individuals linked to terrorism from entering the United States.

"The way to stop it is to never let these people in in the first place," he said.

He concluded by reiterating his position that any conviction connected to terrorism should result in life imprisonment.

"And if they are in here and convicted of any terrorism related or terrorism even adjacent, charge, life in prison," Bongino said.

Bongino acknowledged that such a policy may be viewed as severe but said he believes it is necessary.

"That sounds harsh. Too bad. You know what's harsh, people dying."

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